Shudder has officially scheduled the exclusive streaming debut of director Yûta Shimotsu’s latest feature, New Group. Following celebrated runs across many events including the Fantasia International Film Festival and the Sitges Film Festival, the Japanese body horror satire is now streaming on Shudder.
The story follows high school student Ai as her everyday reality rapidly disintegrates. An infectious, cult-like group mentality begins consuming the people in her immediate circle, stripping them of individuality and turning them into mindless followers. The phenomenon takes an overtly physical, terrifying turn when routine school gymnastics routines morph into grotesque, coordinated dances of death.
The ensemble cast is led by Anna Yamada, Yuzu Aoki, and Pierre Taki, with supporting performances from Ren Komai, Danhi Kinoshita, Arisa Sasaki, Kano Rogers, Jun Hosoi, Ryo Matsumoto, Tomomitsu Adachi, Natsuko Sakakura, Tomoya Maeno, and acclaimed J-horror filmmaker Takashi Shimizu. Behind the scenes, the feature is backed by producers Tsuyoshi Kobayashi and Shinya Himda, executive producers Takeshi Kikuchi, Takehiko Sasaki, and Junji Igarashi, and director of photography Toru Nishioka.
New Group begins streaming on Shudder on 6th November.
